Same problem here. Follow those rules, is simple and is working perfect. http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com/2009/08/django-how-to-serve-media-files-css.html
On Jan 20, 1:58 am, "brian.mus...@ff0000.com" <brian.mus...@ff0000.com> wrote: > Is it me or does it blow your mind that there is not one standard way > of importing something as common as CSS files into Django templates? > I realize there are a plethora of options as mentioned on the official > site here:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/ > None of which actually ended up working for me and instead ended up > using this: > > urlpatterns in urls.py: > (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', > {'document_root': '/Users/home/djcode/mysite/media/ > css/','show_indexes' : True}), > > and then on my actual template page: > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="static/my.css" /> > > I suppose I was feeling a little misdirected by the default > settings.py in my projects folder where CSS and other Media are > supposed to be stored. > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = 'media/' That was not used at all in the > solution I ended up using which does work. > > My main complaint is this - for something so common as importing CSS > into django templates - why not just make it painfully obvious in the > documentation/djangobook with one golden way of doing so - why does > everything have to be so modular, etc? It starts to feel > counterproductive at a certain point - like why I am not just writing > this in python myself if there are going to be so many options. I > think django could use a little tightening up. I understand it's loose > coupling ways, etc - but don't use that as a shield for something > possibly unfinished? The solution I ended up using felt like a hack > for something so common. My two cents. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
